Barbara Gordon Spiegel, 77, died May 26, 2012, in Portland, Ore.
She was born in Swampscott, Mass., and lived in Andover, Mass., and South Freeport, Maine, before moving to Barefoot Bay, then Vero Beach.
She graduated from Swampscott High School in 1952 and Skidmore College in 1955.
She was a member of Temples Beth Shalom and B’nai Emet.
She was a member and volunteered at American Association of University Women, Indian River Skidmore Club, National Pen Women representative to the Indian River County Cultural Council, Vero Beach Theatre Guild, Indian River County Historical Society, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, McKee Botanical Gardens, Vero Beach Art Club and Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Survivors include her daughters, Lisa Spiegel Morasch, of Vancouver, Wash., Patricia Spiegel Gives, of Redmond, Ore., and Marsea Spiegel, of Freeport, Maine; and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, David Gordon and Anthony Gordon.
Memorial contributions may be made to Skidmore College Alumni Association, Class of 1955, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866.
Memorial services were conducted in Vancouver and Bend, Ore.
A celebration of life will be July 28 in South Freeport, Maine.
Arrangements are by Holman’s Funeral Service, Portland.
A guestbook is available at www.holmansfuneralservice.com.
